
Minder (1979)
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Episodes 35
Bury My Half at Waltham Green
After ex bank robber George is released from prison, Arthur gets Terry to mind him, until the whereabouts of a large amount of hidden cash is found. The only problem is that Arthur forgot to tell Terry that George is a decoy laying a false trail, while the real bank robber is released, and then he and Arthur will be free to find the money - but they all have a surprise in store...
Read MoreThe Smaller They Are...
Scotch Harry arrives from the airport where he has been looking for easy pickings. He has struck lucky by stealing a suitcase full of banknotes, but unknown to him they are forged. Arthur hides him, until he can come to some agreement with the rightful owner.
Read MoreThe Bounty Hunter
Terry and Arthur help out a young widow who has been swindled out of her savings.
Read MoreAces High and Sometimes Very Low
Maurice, a professional gambler, is barred from a casino after a large win. Later, he is beaten up and the winnings are stolen. When he hears of a big poker game, he has to sell his car to Arthur to raise the stake money, and gets Terry to guard him.
Read MoreMonday Night Fever
Arthur falls for a club singer, and promises to put her in the big time, but falls foul of an unscrupulous club owner. When Terry refuses to help him, he turns to a couple of vicious crooks...
Read MoreYou Gotta Have Friends
When some bearer bonds go missing from big time gangster Bobby Altman, the courier Billy Gilpin is a suspect, and he seeks Arthur's help...
Read MoreNational Pelmet
Arthur gets Terry to guard a racehorse before he runs in a big race, but the owner and trainer are out to con the bookies and leave them out in the cold.
Read MoreWhose Wife is it Anyway?
When an old friend of Arthur's gets injured in a so-called "hit and run accident" Terry gets involved in minding the villain's antique shop.
Read MoreDon't Tell Them Willie Boy was Here
Terry trains Willie a boxer on the comeback trail, but it becomes apparent that he is not taking the fight seriously. The promoter wants Willie to lose and has had a large bet on the other boxer. Terry shames Willie into training properly but the outcome is in the balance right up to the last round.
Read MoreThe Beer Hunter
Arthur meets his old army mate Yorkie. After a night on the town, Terry drives them home, but Yorkie goes missing...
Read MoreAll Mod Cons
Arthur tries to sell Terry's flat out from under him. Meanwhile, an unscrupulous landlady is trying to evict a young couple from a house so she can sell it to a developer.
Read MoreDiamonds are a Girl's Worst Enemy
While working for gangster's wife Rose Mellors, the car Terry's driving is stolen, along with its hidden bag of diamonds. The race is on to recover them before the police...
Read MoreAll About Scoring, Innit ?
Young footballer, Danny Varrow, wants to sell his story to the press, so Terry to minds him until Arthur can arrange a deal. Unfortunately, he is in debt to the local bookie, and the father of his latest conquest is also looking for him to talk about the little matter of sleeping with his daughter.
Read MoreDead Men Do Tell Tales
A crooked travel agent, Monty Wiseman gets Arthur and Terry to pick up a coffin at the airport and store it at the lock up. But when the coroner needs to perform an autopsy, despite objections Monty stores it at Terry's flat...
Read MoreDreamhouse
Terry house sits for a rock star who has gone on tour, but it turns out that the star is broke and the bailiffs arrive to take the furniture away.
Read MoreThe Son Also Rises
When a school boy is terrorised by local thugs, his mother hires Terry to protect him. It turns out that the thugs have been hired by his father's ex partner, who is just out of jail and has been cheated out of his promised windfall.
Read MoreWhy Pay Tax ?
Terry helps out Barry, an independent bookmaker, when he has to pay out a large amount of cash to one of his clients, in a deserted car park, but it turns out that he only wants Terry as a witness to a fake robbery, to cover up the fact that the bookie is broke.
Read MorePoetic Justice, Innit ?
While Arthur does jury service, he leaves Terry in charge at the lock up. Debbie goes into the business of home hairdressing and on her first job, the client's house is robbed, and she becomes a suspect.
Read MoreBack in Good Old England
Jack Wragg, a villain who fled the country after a bank robbery, is back to see old friends and his former gang members. Will they be willing to come on in on another heist that he has planned ?
Read MoreMinder on the Orient Express
When a gangster passes away, he leaves his daughter with clues to the location of his ill-gotten gains. She offers Terry tickets to the Orient Express, and Terry and Arthur spot underworld business on the luxury train to Venice.
Read MoreA Bouquet of Barbed Wine
Arthur ventures into the wine trade, but when the supplier is taken in for questioning, his wine is locked up by the police and somehow they've got to get it out.
Read MoreThree Cons Make a Mountain
Arthur keeps acquiring items that won't do his reputation any good. How is he going to off-load them without the rest of the manor finding out he's been conned ?
Read MoreGuess Who's Coming to Pinner
At Charlie Johnson's funeral, a friend of Arthur's persuades him to help with the next 'big one'.
Read MoreThe Last Temptation of Daley
Arthur’s doctor wants him to give up alcohol and tobacco if he wants to avoid a stomach ulcer, but this causes him even more stress and he begins to believe that everyone's after him. The feeling is reinforced when building contractor Benny McLeish threatens him over a paint deal that goes sour.
Read MoreA Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in Shepherd's Bush
Ray is given the task of minding a racing pigeon due to race from London to Bradford with a prize of 10,000 pounds at stake.
Read MoreHim Indoors
When Ron the Burglar, now reformed, opens Arthur Daley's lock-up with a metal comb, it's clear to that Daley Enterprises has to strengthen its warehouse security.
Read MoreThe Cruel Canal
When Ray's van breaks down whilst delivering two hundred video recorders to a client in Limehouse, Arthur needs alternative transport - and fast. He learns they were stolen property, and psychotic Big Dai wants them back...
Read MoreI'll Never Forget Whats'ername
Arthur is determined his team will defeat their old rivals at the Winchester Pub Quiz night. Unfortunately his star performer is an escaped convict with DS Morley hot on his trail.
Read MoreUneasy Rider
The chips are down for Arthur's friend Maurice when the professional gambler is barred from the casinos and mugged of all his winnings.
Read MoreLooking For Mr. Goodtime
Arthur gets arrested when he attempts to hunt down a new car, acting very strangely in the process.
Read MoreGone with the Winchester
Arthur falls out with Dave when a member of their boyhood gang re-appears on the scene.
Read MoreHow to Succeed in Business Without Really Retiring
When Arthur allows himself to be persuaded into retirement, Ray quickly steps into his shifty uncle's shoes.
Read MoreCars and Pints and Pains
If he's not able to sell his second-hand cars, Arthur decides it might be a good idea to hire them out instead.
Read MoreA Taste of Money
Arthur comes back to earth with a bump when he learns that he faces tough opposition for the Daley inheritance.
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